Hot Honey Baked Camembert in Bread Bowl

Wildly impressive and deceptively simple, hot honey baked camembert in a bread bowl is a versatile starter or canapé for any elegant event.

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baked camembert with honey

Servings: people

If making your own hot honey, prepare it first (instructions in notes) and set aside. Then move to the next step.
Preheat the oven to 400F/200C. Place the wrapped camembert wheel on top of your bread and trace the outline of it with a sharp knife. Then remove the cheese and carve out a hollow to fit the cheese wheel in its entirety.
Now prepare the cheese. Slice the garlic clove thinly and take the thyme leaves off their stalks. Unwrap the camembert and cut the top rind off to expose the soft cheese, then make slits in the cheese flesh with the tip of a knife and insert the garlic slices into them.
Sprinkle the thyme leaves all over and top with the dry sherry and drizzle 1 tbsp of hot honey. Insert the camembert inside the hollowed out bread bowl and place in a baking dish. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes until the cheese is completely melted but is not spilling over (do not let it get to that point).
Drizzle with the remaining hot honey and serve with toasted sourdough bread and crackers. Serve with additional hot honey if desired.

You can use store bought hot honey or make your own, which takes about 5 minutes of active time.
Mix 1 cup/350g of honey with 3 tbsp of dried chilli flakes and bring to a slight simmer in a saucepan. As soon as you see small bubbles around the edges of honey, take it off the heat. Do not let honey boil!
Let the honey infuse with the chilli flakes for 15 minutes, then strain through a fine sieve and mix in 2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar. Store in a clean glass jar.